Abdominal Scar Tissue & Back Pain

Scar tissue can form on an internal wound, inside your body, or on your skin. Scar tissue is what is left on damaged skin or inside your body after the wound or injury has healed.

Pain

• Scar tissue can cause pain. It is possible for abdominal scar tissue to make your back hurt as well as your abdomen if it has attached to organs in that vicinity.

Pain

• Pain from scar tissue can crop up when the weather changes or when the scar is touched; a cotton wool-like sensation around the scar may be felt; ravines, ridges or valleys where the scar tissue has become hard can develop; numbness can occur; abdominal pain can happen as can breathing problems, menstrual disorders, back pain, chronic stiffness and pain and digestive problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS.)

Healing

• Scar tissue is the body’s way of healing itself when an area has been torn or cut; however, sometimes too much scar tissue develops and the tissue can pull on other areas of the body as well as compressing nerves, blood vessels and organs and can lead to restricted movement and less than optimal functioning of the body. When this happens, pain can occur.

Hypertropic and Constracture Scars

• Hypertropic scars consist of thick clusters of scar tissue that develop on the site of the wound. These scars can be uncomfortable. Contracture scars restrict movement due to the underlying tissue and the skin pulling together when healing occurred.

Topical Applications

• Using topical corticosteroids, antihistamine cream and anesthetic ointments can lessen the symptoms that come with scars and scar tissue, such as itching and tenderness.